Tuesday 20 November 2012

Society for Community Research and Action: 2013 Biennial Conference, Miami, Florida, USA


The 2013 Society for Community Research and Action biennial conference will take place on Wednesday, June 26th - Saturday, June 29th, in Miami, Florida USA. Preconference workshops and activities will begin in the morning on Wednesday June 26th and the conference opening reception will be held that evening.

As with past biennials, proposal submission and review will be handled through All Academic, Inc.

 Follow this link to submit your proposal and follow the instructions carefully.  

The deadline for receipt of program proposals is: 11:55 PM (EST), Monday December 10th, 2012.

For more information go to: http://www.scra27.org/biennial/2013_biennial

Wednesday 7 November 2012

Call for papers JCPP no. 4/2012


The Journal of Community Positive Practices is a Social Research Review with appearance in both printed and electronic versions which proposes topics of public interest published in accordance with the rules described within the section instructions for authors. Submissions in English for our next release are received until the 10th of December 2012 (for JCPP 4/2012).

Topics of interest for the Year of 2012 (volume XII)

  • Preventing and combating of social exclusion
  • Interventions at the level of the disadvantaged groups
  • Access to education
  • Improving the situation of Minorities, Immigrants, Vulnerable People
  • Rehabilitation of persons who committed penal deeds
  • Community Justice Administration - Community Policing, Probation, Prison
  • Modern Administration of Urban/Rural Areas
  • Gender Equality
  • Social Research
  • Best practices in social projects implementation
  • Assessment of socio-economic projects
  • Famillies challenges in modern societies
  • Child protection
  • Social economy
  • Social and/or rural entrepreneurship
There is no publication fee.

The authors will receive 3 printed copies of the issue of appearance of their contributions.

For any other information, please don’t hesitate to contact us at office@jppc.ro

The authors may submit articles covering other currently debating themes of our societies.
Best Regards,

Sorin CACE, PhD
Senior Researcher, Institute of Quality of Life Research, Romanian Academy

Journal of Community Positive Practices www.jppc.ro
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Phone/Fax: 0040 (0)21 210 01 81